[crypto] [Just.Mike@tbs-sct.gc.ca: SAC 2003 - Accepted Papers and Registration Information Now Available]

[R. Hirschfeld]

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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:08:10 -0400
From: <Just.Mike@tbs-sct.gc.ca>
To: <sac2003@scs.carleton.ca>

SAC 2003
Tenth Annual Workshop on SELECTED AREAS IN CRYPTOGRAPHY 
August 14 & 15, 2003
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
http://www.scs.carleton.ca/~sac2003/

The Workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC) is an annual conference dedicated to specific themes in the area of cryptographic system design and analysis. Authors are encouraged to submit original papers related to the themes for the SAC 2003 workshop:
*	Design and analysis of symmetric key cryptosystems. 
*	Primitives for symmetric key cryptography, including block and stream ciphers, hash functions, and MACs.
*	Efficient implementation of cryptographic systems in public and symmetric key cryptography.
*	Cryptographic solutions for Web services security. 
*	Cryptography and security of trusted and distributed systems. 

The list of accepted papers is now available at 
http://www.scs.carleton.ca/~sac2003/SAC2003-Accepted-Papers.htm
 
Registration information is now available at 
http://www.scs.carleton.ca/~sac2003/registration.htm
The early registration deadline is July 11, 2003. 

In addition to talks from accepted submissions, SAC 2003 will include seminars from invited speakers: 
*   Nicolas Courtois, Schlumberger Smart Cards
	"Algebraic attacks and design of block ciphers, stream ciphers, and multivariate public key schemes"
*   Virgil D. Gligor, University of Maryland
	"Cryptolight: Perspective and Status"

See http://www.scs.carleton.ca/~sac2003/ for further information.

This year's workshop is chaired by Mitsuru Matsui from Mitsubishi Electric, Japan, and Robert Zuccherato from Entrust, Inc., Canada.

Questions regarding the conference should be sent to sac2003@scs.carleton.ca

Important Dates 
Early Registration Deadline   Jul. 11, 2003
Workshop                      Aug. 14 and 15, 2003  



Mike Just
IT Security (ITS) | Sécurité des TI (STI)
Chief Information Officer Branch | Direction du dirigeant principal de l'information
Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R5
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